Top 30 Katie Hill Quotes

There is no comparison to me and Nancy Pelosi. On most of the issues I’m going to be more progressive, but I’m going to look at it from the lens of what is best for my community.

I never thought my imperfections would be weaponized and used to try to destroy me and the community that I have loved.

I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment.

Playing nice isn’t really something that’s in my vocabulary. I just do what I think is right.

I don’t need polling to tell me what are the issues that matter to people.

We need to look through the lens of disparities whether it’s with health or housing or other issues for the LGBTQ community. It’s beyond just marriage, right? We need to get into that mindset in terms of where are these disparities and how do we address them.

I will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. For the sake of all of us we cannot let that happen.

I’ve been so impressed with the kinds of thoughtful questions that I’ve gotten from young people, from Girl Scouts, from teenagers.

I think divorce doesn’t necessarily bring out the best in people.

The public is going to be looking for examples of immaturity or inexperience or whatever it might be, but I think that’s where we have to prove what we’re capable of doing from a policy standpoint and from a leadership standpoint.

I am proud to stand with working families and honored to have AFGE’s support.

The reality is that government is a participative process.

I know what it’s like to be faced with student loans, to have rent so high you don’t know if you’re ever going to be able to save up and buy a home. The issues the people of my generation are going through are natural for me because I’ve lived them, my friends are living them.

If I screw up then everyone‘s paying attention and I’ll hear about it.

The perspective of people who truly believe that abortion is wrong. I understand that, I’m empathetic to that, I get it. But the place where I think we need to come to some kind of an understanding is that… you have your ability to have your own beliefs but the government doesn’t play a role in that.

I think there are phrases that are exciting to a certain group within the Democratic Party but scare the crap out of other people.

If you want something to actually happen, just voting isn’t enough.

I’m someone who believes that all political campaigns need to be grassroots-driven. Commercials can only get you so far. Mail can only get you far. You need to have people on the ground talking about you and why they care.

A lot of people told me I should be quiet about being bisexual and not say anything, but for me this is a part of my identity.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

Asylum under the traditional definition doesn’t necessarily include people coming here for economic reasons, but I think one of the biggest things we need to do is expand legal immigration so people can do that legally.

I think the truth is most people don’t want to hear about policy. They want to hear, ‘I understand what you’re going through, and you can trust me to fight for you and what you care about.’ But we can do both – fight for policy and resonate with people at the same time.

My district has a large number of Independents, if you say anything about a 70 percent tax rate, you lose people right away.

Maybe you’re not going to be able to pass sweeping health care reform in your first year in Congress. But you can help someone with a social security settlement that’s going to change their life… That’s pretty cool.

I am thankful that members of advisory councils will serve as ‘boots on the ground’ to provide valuable feedback and recommendations directly from the community regarding policies, programs and resources that enhance and support our district.

I’m here to serve the entire community. It doesn’t matter if you voted for me or not.

I’m about real representation in government.

Anyone who knows anything about coming out knows that this is something you would never do for the support and a small check from a random organization.

I wasn’t planning on becoming a politician. I was incredibly fulfilled in my role at PATH.

Immigration customs enforcement is a role that makes sense. We have to have something that is doing that.